Ide to keep out Davidson?

[Zytek_Fan]

Anthony Davidson is, yet again, set to miss out on a race seat, with reports indicating that Formula Nippon racer Yuji Ide will partner Takuma Sato at Super Aguri.

The new team is confident they will be permitted to join the grid for the 2006 season, and Sato is regarded as a shoo-in for the first race seat.

Although Davidson, his former BAR team-mate, had been considered the favourite to race alongside the Japanese crashaholic, Autosport claims that the team is set to appoint an all-Japanese partnership.

Ide would apparently bring valuable sponsorship to the team and is backed by Japanese firm Mobilecast. What the reasoning behind Sato's appointment is, we've no idea.

[cp01ae]

Sato has big ties to Honda, and that's gonna smooth over the engin deal no doubt. Plus, he does have so actual GP experience, which Davidson lacks. We also don't know if Honda will release Davidson from his testing contract, or even if he wants to race at Aguri.

Just rememmbered, Sato is sponsored by the Asahi Softdrink corporation, and Seiko watches. When I lived in Japan, I saw comercials for him all the time.